...In Monday's opening statement, Conlin read from a Jim Allchin memo, from
the DRI-Novell story. Here's part of what Allchin said about how to deal
with the competitive threat from Novell then:

"We need to slaughter Novell before they get stronger....If you're going to
kill someone, there isn't much reason to get all worked up about it and
angry. You just pull the trigger. Any discussions beforehand are a waste of
time. We need to smile at Novell while we pull the trigger."

Allchins fears Novell because they did what Allchins couldn't do with 10
billion dollars and 15 years: create Longhorn.

The real battle is not Novell vs. Microsoft, but in house Microsoft
developers versus OpenSource developers from Novell.